New Facebook group aims to help women make changes to halt climate emergency
For readers worried about the climate emergency, they can get advice and support through a new Facebook group.
Claire Kay, of North Muskham, has started the Eco Worriers: Women For Change group, which is populated by women in the area to share ideas on how they can make small changes to help halt the climate emergency.
The group has already had a huge amount of support, with nearly 3,000 members in just three weeks.
Members can share advice on how they can help the environment.
She said: “I do regular litter picks where I work on Brunel Drive, and I pick up so many plastic bottles every day, but there’s no recycling bins there either.
“We are not all vegans, but we worry about the state of the environment. We can’t do everything, but we can all do something.”
To further their quest, they also held a dress-swapping event where they could swap items of clothing between themselves instead of shopping for a new one.
Now Claire has also started a petition to appeal to Newark and Sherwood District Council to overhaul their recycling facilities, mostly due to the fact that bottles and most plastics cannot be put in recycling bins.
The petition is to ask the council to update recycling bins, make the information clearer about what can and cannot be recycled, and to give schools more adequate recycling facilities.
Claire said: “The lack of recycling facilities in Newark is shocking. There’s so much we can’t put in the recycling bins here and that needs to change.”
A spokesman for Newark and Sherwood District Council said: "Newark and Sherwood District Council understands many of the views about the current state of recycling, not just in Nottinghamshire, but across England. As part of our Cleaner Safer Greener agenda we’re working with our partners at Nottinghamshire County Council and examining a number of options which will allow us to increase the amount of recycling across the whole of Nottinghamshire.
"Nottinghamshire County Council’s contract with Veolia currently restricts the number of items that can go into residents’ recycling bins but, for example, plastics collected all have a market value which means they can be reprocessed and reused and won’t end up getting tipped in other countries. Any material we collect from households which is not recycled is bulked up and sent for energy recovery meaning nothing is wasted.
"The government has recently consulted on proposed changes which could standardise waste collection services across England; we support these proposals and are urgently awaiting clarification on the proposals before committing taxpayer money to any significant changes in our collection regime.
"We would encourage all residents to join us in a call for an end to the uncertainty around the national future of waste collection."
If any community groups would like to get involved, email kay_claire1@sky.com
To find out more about the Eco Worriers, log on to www.facebook.com/groups/850137478717652/
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